>Submitted to veg-raw by: [log in to unmask] (Elly Gittens)
>Can someone tell me what Thiabendazole is? They use it to preserve bananas.

Thiabendazole Hydrochloride:

A mold retardant used on animal feed, apples, bananas,beef,citrus
fruit,lamb,milk,pears, and pork. FDA limits are 0.05 ppm in milk, 33
ppm in dried apple pomace,150 ppm in dry or wet grape pomace, 8 ppm
when used as anaimal feed. Moderately toxic by ingestion.

Not good to drink :-)

Walt